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It's part of my attempt to get back into comics. I haven't read anything modern really (2000s), because I stopped while I was going through college and such.
I only ever read graphic novels here and there. I'm getting back into it now that I have time and a renewed interest though. I am open to reccomendations |
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Just know that Roland is like a combination of John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, and the Saint of Killers. Mad badass, and definitely a formula for how cable should have been written. |
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I've been reading The Dark Tower novels. They are amazing. I can't wait to finish them all. I haven't read any of the comics. I figure maybe I'll do that when I'm finished with the actual novels.
Same with The Stand. Stephen King's work is tremendously underrated. I feel like over time he's been labeled as a supermarket horror novel writer, in a way, but his novels are so much more than that. Not only are the horrors incredibly complex and original, well written novels, but he's got so many other works that transcend the genre. Something like The Dark Tower or The Stand is closer to being his own Lord of the Rings than anything. |
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The Satanic Mechanic
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Get all the big crossover torrents too. Civil War, World War Hulk, that stuff. I recommend Powers, Top Ten, Kick Ass (books > movie), Hack/Slash, Preacher, Transmetropolitan and The Sword. |
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It is very hard to write a series like the Dark Tower, which skates the line between so many different genres, and still keep a coherent well structured story. Read this other series called the Dungeon that was similar, but stopped at the third book because it was just all over the place with no real pacing.
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#86 |
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There are a lot of cool references to other King novels in The Dark Tower, too.
I really would like to read almost all of King's works eventually. Especially his stuff from the 70s and 80s. |
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I recently bought It, but havn't stated it yet.
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I feel like the lineup is made to be "epic", but the purist in me sort of disagrees with the idea of Spider-Man being on the team. I could go on a whole explanation about why I feel this is "cheap", but I guess I'll just give it a chance and let the 10 year old in me rejoice in how awesome it is to have the lineup so stacked. |
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So while I had a lot of experience with the pre-Jim Lee X-Men, his style was such a drastic overhaul of their look and feel that it completely redefined who the X-Men were for me. |
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#90 |
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It took balls to take something that was already so successful and make aesthetic changes like that.
For the most part, I think they were improvements. I'm not saying anything about writing or the future titles, just the looks. But again, that preference is rooted in my earliest impressions of the X-Men and probably generational. |
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The Satanic Mechanic
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Looks-wise, it was mostly an improvement.
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Agreed.
Although I still really like how Marc Silvestri pencilled Uncanny X-Men during his run. |
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I still remember when that shit aired fresh on TV.
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Me too. I remembered the bridge vividly. Pretty sure that was the first time I ever saw the X-Men anywhere, ever.
The rest is history! |
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haha I still have that Cyclops. I am not even joking, the light still works.
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I had the entire set.
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Haha! Me too! Me and my buds used to play with them ALL THE TIME!
And OMFG, SOOOOO stoked for this! Can\'t believe it\'s real!! |
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The same was true for the Spider-Man show. They got a ton of stuff "wrong," and a lot of it really didn't matter. |
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The Satanic Mechanic
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I know, but any time I am having a nerd convo about x-men with someone who isn't too familiar with the actual comics, I always end up coming off like a huge douche because I have to explain all the shit that was wrong with the cartoon and then all these key arcs in the story. Personal grudge, I guess.
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But in fairness, it's a contained take on the X-Men. It's not like comic books themselves don't change things around and change from writer to writer over the years as well.
I know what you mean, but I always sort of appreciated the X-Men and Spidey cartoons as a seperate thing from the comics, the same way I do with the films. That goes for any comic adaptation really. Sometimes I even welcome those changes. Wolvey and Gambit definitely weren't friends in the cartoon though. I agree that the Morph thing is lame, I guess. I sort of just expect them to make Wolverine a better friend to his teamates in the cartoon, since ultimately it is primarily geared to kids. They definitely did a better job of keeping Wolverine a loner with a chip on his shoulder than they did in his own live action film. God that was horrible. I watched a bit of it again last night on HBO, and it's still as awful as I thought. |
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#102 |
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He was basically perfect in the Singer films, but it's painful to watch how much of a good guy they make him into by the solo outing.
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That's the thing. The comics do a great job of promoting how much of a good guy hero he actually is, while he's busy killifying everything in sight, to the horror of his teammates.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Or you could not be such a Sascha about things.
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I am about to unleash nerd rage all over your face.
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#106 |
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Hey, it's better than being a Kane Knight about things.
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#107 |
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This game is out. Why have none of you picked it up yet?
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I've beat it 4 times already?
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#109 |
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Still pretty fun time waster. They should do a 'new classic' sequel.
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BAY BAY
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I will play with you this weekend. We'll spam the special moves together.
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i downloaded it and love it so far. still gotta try out the japanese version though.
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No one gives a fuck about PS3. :foc:
Get it so you can play with us, you shit. Quote:
That version is better, but those god damn energy pills never show up. |
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#114 |
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I don't sleep. Usually.
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love it
just need the simpsons one now, come to think of it wasnt there a Spiderman one too? |
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You might be thinking Avengers.
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Nope wasn't the avengers
I remember always getting killed by venom |
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#119 |
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Maximum Carnage?
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